After inception of SAC, soon the payloads development for
Bhaskara 1 and 2 started taking place. Bhaskara-1 was a small
satellite, weighing about 450 kg, compared to the later IRS
spacecraft, and it carried two TV cameras operating in the red
and near infrared spectral regions. Both the spacecraft were
spin stabilized. The experience gained with the development of
these two spacecraft as well as the processing of the data
received was valuable in the development of future satellites.
Since then SAC has delivered more than 50 electro-optical and
microwave payloads.

Over these decades, SAC has
developed expertise in developing multi-platform,
multi-spectral, multi-temporal, hyper-spectral,
multi-resolution, day and night, and all weather Earth
Observation payloads.

The payloads are designed
considering the user requirement for wide variety of
applications touching the common man like: